xylography


xy·log·ra·phy

X0010500 (zī-lŏg′rə-fē)n.1. Wood engraving, especially of an early period.2. The art of printing texts or illustrations, sometimes with color, from woodblocks, as distinct from typography.
xy′lo·graph′ic (-lə-grăf′ĭk), xy′lo·graph′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.xy′lo·graph′i·cal·ly adv.

xylography

(zaɪˈlɒɡrəfɪ) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the art, craft, or process of printing from wooden blocks xyˈlographer n xylographic, ˌxyloˈgraphical adj

xy•log•ra•phy

(zaɪˈlɒg rə fi)

n. the art of engraving on wood, or of printing from such engravings. [1810–20; < French xylographie. See xylo-, -graphy] xy′lo•graph` (-ləˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf) n. xy•log′ra•pher, n. xy`lo•graph′ic (-ˈgræf ɪk) xy`lo•graph′i•cal, adj.

xylography

the art of engraving on wood for printing. — xylographer, n. — xylographic, xylographical, adj.See also: Engraving
the art of engraving on wood or of printing from such engravings. — xylographer, n. — xylographic, xylographical, adj.See also: Printing
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